Inbreeding Turns You Blue (Da-Ba-Dee, Da-Ba-Di)

"[He was] as blue as Lake Louise on a cool summer day," said a local medical professional.

I know you were gonna--but don't marry a relative!

In the 1800s, an Appalachian family had three children and seven BLUE children, the Daily Mail reports. And I mean, blue, like shirts-come-in-this-color blue.

The family's inbreeding apparently resulted in a genetic mutation that limited the ability to carry oxygen in the blood, known as methaemoglobinaemia (or met-H). In the 1980s, scientists discovered a solution to met-H that involved drinking blue fluids to turn the blood red again, and the family eventually began distilling their too-pure genes by marrying outside.

The blue gene still remains, but it's recessive and very rare now. Which is kind of a shame, 'cause:

A) They're like real-life X-Men. B) You'd have the whole "something blue" thing covered by default. C) A blue penis!? Never had one of those before.

More importantly, that Daily Mail photograph is just begging for a meme. I leave it to you guys. Here is a meme generator, go nuts.